Simon Alexander Farnaby (born 28 November 1972) is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 comedy actor and writer in television, theatre and film.

Early life

Born in Wath-upon-Dearne

Wath-upon-Dearne

Wath-upon-Dearne is a small town on the south side of the Dearne Valley in the historic county of the West Riding of Yorkshire and the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, lying 5 miles north of Rotherham, almost midway between Barnsley and Doncaster. It has a population...

, South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of 1.29 million. It consists of four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and City of Sheffield...

, Farnaby trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art

Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art

The Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, formerly the Webber Douglas School of Singing and Dramatic Art, was a drama school, and originally a singing school, in London. It was one of the leading drama schools in Britain, and offered comprehensive training for those intending to pursue a...

, National Youth Theatre

National Youth Theatre

The National Youth Theatre is a registered charity in London, Great Britain, committed to creative, personal and social development of young people through the medium of creative arts....

, and Trinity College, Dublin

Trinity College, Dublin

Trinity College, Dublin , formally known as the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I as the "mother of a university", Extracts from Letters Patent of Elizabeth I, 1592: "...we...found and...

. He was a finalist for the Carlton Hobbes Radio Award and co-devised The Blue Diamond of Azcabar for The Changeling Theatre Company.Simon has played many roles like various characters on 'Horrible Histories' and 'James Blond' on MI High alongside Bel Powley.

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Coronation Street Coronation Street Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...	Greg Bamfield
2002	Captain V	Unknown
2004–2007	The Mighty Boosh The Mighty Boosh (TV series) The Mighty Boosh is a British comedy television show created by Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding and others . The Mighty Boosh is a comic fantasy containing humour and pop-culture references. Episodes often featured elaborate musical numbers in different genres, such as electro, heavy metal, funk, and...	Hamilton Cork/Simon McFarnaby Marcus Hoffman(speedboat designer) Harold Boom	Series 1 The Mighty Boosh (series 1) The Mighty Booshs first series was originally broadcast between 18 May 2004 and 6 July 2004. The series features five main cast members; Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding, Rich Fulcher, Michael Fielding and Dave Brown. The first series centers on Howard Moon and Vince Noir , and the adventures they... , Episode 6, "Charlie" Series 1 The Mighty Boosh (series 1) The Mighty Booshs first series was originally broadcast between 18 May 2004 and 6 July 2004. The series features five main cast members; Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding, Rich Fulcher, Michael Fielding and Dave Brown. The first series centers on Howard Moon and Vince Noir , and the adventures they... , Episode 7, "Electro" Series 3 The Mighty Boosh (series 3) The Mighty Booshs third series was originally broadcast between 15 November 2007 and 20 December 2007. The series features five main cast members; Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding, Rich Fulcher, Michael Fielding and Dave Brown. The third series revolves around Howard Moon and Vince Noir , and the... , Episode 3, "The Power of the Crimp"
2005	The Lenny Henry Show The Lenny Henry Show The Lenny Henry Show is a comedy sketch show featuring Lenny Henry. In its first incarnation it ran for two seasons on BBC 1, in 1984 and 1985. Each season had six episodes. A 40-minute special was aired in December 1987...	Twyford
2005	Spoons Spoons (TV series) Spoons is a comedy sketch show first broadcast on the UK's Channel 4 from 30 September 2005. In the United States, Spoons is broadcast on BBC America...	Various
2006	Blunder Blunder (TV series) Blunder was a Channel 4 comedy sketch series shown in the UK on E4 and repeated on Channel 4. No announcement of a second series has yet been made.-Characters:-The Baron:...	Various
	Ingham Infiltrates: Robbie Williams	Doctor
2006–2009	Jam & Jerusalem	Samuel 'Spike' Pike	Recurring character
2007	Comedy Cuts Comedy Cuts Comedy Cuts is a comedy programme on the British TV channel ITV2 that aims to provide an opportunity for new comedy performers to present their talents. Featuring 40 performers demonstrating a mix of stand up and sketches, the series is shot entirely on location...	Werewolf
	The Yellow House	Henri
2008	MIHigh	James Blond
	The Golf War	Stuart Ogilvy
	Angelo's	Kris	Series 1, Episode 5 Series 1, Episode 6
2009	LifeSpam: My Child Is French	Unknown
2009–present	Horrible Histories Horrible Histories (2009 TV series) Horrible Histories is an award-winning British children's television series based on the Terry Deary book series of the same name. The first series was thirteen episodes long, and was broadcast from 16 April to 9 July 2009 on CBBC on BBC One. A second series, of twelve episodes , aired from 31 May...	Various
2010	The Persuasionists The Persuasionists The Persuasionists is a sitcom broadcast on BBC Two set in the world of advertising starring Iain Lee, Simon Farnaby, Adam Buxton, Jarred Christmas and Daisy Haggard, and featuring Natalie Gumede . It was the sitcom writing debut for Jonathan Thake, best known until then for ‘the slag of all...	Keaton
2011	Dick and Dom's Funny Business Dick and Dom's Funny Business Dick and Dom's Funny Business is a British comedy television series for children, hosted by comic presenting duo Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood...	Various Characters

Short films

Year	Title	Role
2004	Blake's Junction 7	Terry the Chef

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2004	Fat Slags	Ventriloquist
2009	Bunny and the Bull Bunny and the Bull Bunny and the Bull is a 2009 British comedy film from writer-director Paul King. It stars Edward Hogg and Simon Farnaby in a surreal recreation of a road trip...	Bunny
2010	Burke and Hare Burke and Hare (film) Burke and Hare is a British black comedy film, loosely based on the Burke and Hare murders. Directed by John Landis, the film stars Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis as William Burke and William Hare respectively. It was Landis's first feature film release in twelve years, the last being 1998's Susan's...	William Wordsworth William Wordsworth William Wordsworth was a major English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with the 1798 joint publication Lyrical Ballads....
2011	Your Highness Your Highness Your Highness is a 2011 fantasy comedy film directed by David Gordon Green, written by Danny McBride and Ben Best, and starring McBride, James Franco, Natalie Portman, and Zooey Deschanel. Filming began in the summer of 2009 in Northern Ireland and concluded in October 2009...	Manious the Bold